Prefixes

Call Number Prefixes
The following are call number prefixes used in Jordan School District libraries.
Please refer to the list when cataloging new materials.
Use only one call number per type of material.
Call# How to process Description
ART by #, artists first initials Art Prints
BR 1st 3 letters of author's last name Beginning Readers ( to 2.9 RL - fiction only)
921 1st 3 letters of subject's last name Individual Biography
920 1st 3 letters of author's last name Collective Biography
CAS BK 1st 3 letters of author's last name Book on Cassett ( with or w/o book
CAS MUS by # Music on Cassett
CD MUS by # Music on CD
CD BK 1st 3 letters of author's last name Book on CD
CD COM by Dewey # Computer Software
CHA by # Charts
DVD by Dewey #, 1st 3 letter of producer Digital Video Disk
E 1st 3 letters of author's last name Easy
EB LEA by # eBooks (Leap Frog)
EQU See Equipment Call Number sheet Equipment
FIC FIC 1st 3 letters of author's last name Fiction
KIT Mixed materials
LAS Laser Disc
MAG See magazine instructions Magazine
ML or MAT MAT 1st choice Math Lab
P or PIC PIC 1st choice Picture
R or REF REF 1st choice Reference
REC Record
SCI of SL SCI 1st choice Science Lab
PRO or TR PRO 1st choice Professional or Teacher Reference
TRA by Dewey # Transparencies
VID, VHS by Dewey # 1st 3 letters of producer Video Tape Cassette
Bilingual (Catalog with the 650 subject tag -- Bilingual
Foreign Language -- Foreign Language Code: Shelved in separate section.